Google: The Guest Post Link Warning Was Just A General Reminder

Late last week, Google posted a warning against using articles for link building and many thought we were going to see mass link penalties shortly after. I even asked Gary Illyes from Google about that and he didn't reply to me about it. But later on, a few days later, he replied to someone else saying that this blog post was just a general reminder. He said on Twitter that no, this is not about a Penguin update, "this is just a general reminder," he added. @akuchaaaan007 No, this is just a general reminder — Gary Illyes ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (@methode) May 29, 2017 He even added that the ranking fluctuations we have been seeing over the past couple weeks starting on May 16th is unrelated to this general reminder. @akuchaaaan007 Nope :) — Gary Illyes ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (@methode) May 29, 2017 So there you have it - I wouldn't expect a new wave of manual actions or algorithmic penalties around this...